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destructive. Dielytra spectahilis and Polygonum cuspidatum have had 

 to be cat down to the ground. Rogersia Podophylla, Tricyitis hirta, 

 and Stylophorum diphyllum look as if they had been scorched. Even 

 such a hardy plant as Aster cordifolius is injured, and so are Lilium 

 giganteum, Primula Japonica, Dimorphanthus Manchuricus, etc. Among 

 Ferns have suffered AUosorus crispus, PolysHchum angulare, Struthiopteris 

 Pennsylvanica, and Polypodium alpeatre. 



CocKBURNSPATH, (27th June 1894.) 



In choosing Oockburnspath for its Second meeting, the 

 Club had the gratification of visiting our highly esteemed 

 Honorary Secretary. 



Although rich in scenes of natural beauty, memorable for 

 the historic associations wedded to its ruinous strongholds, 

 interesting in its varied botany, Oockburnspath is especially 

 celebrated for its geological phenomena. It is the Mecca of 

 Scottish geologists. Playfair, in his "Illustrations of the 

 Huttonian Theory of the Earth," recalls the famous interview 

 in which Hutton, with marvellous eloquence, expounded to 

 him and Sir James Hall, at Siccar Point, the various proofs 

 of his Theory of the Earth which revolutionised the Science 

 of Geology. 



But, as has been said, additional interest lent its charm 

 to this gathering. As Dr Hardy had been forbidden to 

 accompany us last year in our peregrinations, the Club 

 recognised it to be its grateful privilege to undertake a 

 pilgrimage, this year, to him in his native heath. 



Amongst the members present were — Eev. George Gunn, 

 President; Dr Hardy, Secretary; Revs. D. Paul, JjL.D., 

 Eoxburgh; J. Hunter, F.S.A. Scot., Oockburnspath; Ambrose 

 Jones, Stannington ; Messrs E.. G. Bolam, Berwick-on-Tweed ; 

 Ealph Eichardson, F.E.S.E., and Mrs Eichardson, Gattonside 

 House; E. Eomanes, F.S A. Scot., Harryburn, Lauder; J. 

 Ferguson, F.S.A. Scot., G. Hunter, G. Fortune, and Johannes 

 Albe, Duns ; John Wilson, Oliapelhill ; Andrew Waugh, 

 Hawick ; F. Muirhead, Paxton ; Dr Stuart, Chirnside ; Dr E. 

 Shirra Gibb, Boon, Lauder; J. P. Simpson, J. L. Newbigin, 

 W. T. Hindmarsh, F.L.S., and W. E. Hindmarsh, Alnwick; 

 Captain J. F. Macpherson, and George Veitch, Northern Club, 

 Edinburgh ; E. J. Wilson, Bolton ; James Thomson, Shawdon ; 



